This guide includes information on virtual care for chronic wound management. Other documents and resources are available which provide more detail about considerations and requirements for virtual care.
These reference documents include:
Virtual Care in Practice
This guide includes further detail on the modalities, technology and documentation for virtual care. Clinical teams are encouraged to refer to this document, and use it in conjunction with national, state or locally developed clinical standards, protocols, policies, and procedures for the provision of care. It is frequently referenced in this document.
Virtual Care Central
Virtual Care Central is a portal for NSW Health staff to share innovation and information to enhance adoption and embed the use of virtual care safely into clinical practice.
NSW Virtual Care Strategy 2021-2026
Provides information to support the implementation and use of virtual care, and links to other resources.
Local models of care and business rules
The information provided in this website does not replace local chronic wound management models of care and business rules.
Any new adoption of virtual care for chronic wound management will need to align with existing procedures or form part of an update to local models of care.